Das Fräulein ist noch munter
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG FRE
Das Fräulein ist noch munter,
Und schreibt im Kämmerlein,
Und lächelt süß darunter;
Es muß viel Liebes seyn!
Die Gegend liegt in Träumen,
Der Mond allein ist wach,
Es wehen von den Bäumen
Die Blüthen in's Gemach.
Das Briefchen ist geschrieben,
Gefaltet zart und glatt -
Sie seufzt: »Wer bringt dem Lieben
Wer bringt ihm nun dieß Blatt?«
Da klingen holde Töne
Aus lauer Nacht herein:
»Vertraue mir, du Schöne,
Ich will dein Bote seyn!«
Ob er es weit getragen,
Und wer darum gefleht,
Mögt ihr den Ritter fragen,
Der in den Zweigen steht.
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Confirmed with Conversationsblatt. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Unterhaltung. Zweiter Jahrgang. 1820. Erster Band. Wien. Im Verlage der Gräffer'schen Buchhandlung. No. 53. Wien, Donnerstag, den 4. Mai, page 495; and with Dichtungen vom Freyherrn Franz von Schlechta. Erster Band. Wien, 1824. Im v. Hirschfeld'schen Verlage, pages 9-10 (with the title Der Ritter).
Note: Schlechta's poem is the first of a pair of romances Liebeslauschen. Zwey Romanzen, the other being Das Fräulein. A footnote (Zu Gemählden von Schnorr) explains that both poems were inspired by paintings of Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
Note: This is the initial version of this poem. Schlechta created a modified version, which was published posthumously in his Ephemeren.
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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The maiden is still up and about
And is writing in her little room,
And smiles sweetly the while;
What she’s writing must contain many loving things!
The countryside is lying in dreams,
Only the moon is awake;
Blossoms from the trees
Waft into her chamber.
The little letter is written,
Folded up tenderly and smoothly --
She sighs: "Who shall bring my beloved,
Who shall now bring him this sheet?"
Then lovely tones sound
From the balmy night into her chamber:
"Trust me, you beautiful one,
I shall be your messenger!"
Whether he carried it a great distance
And who it was who begged to carry it:
That you may ask the knight
Who is standing among the branches.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schlechta (1796 - 1875), "Des ritterlichen Jägers Liebeslauschen", subtitle: "Gemählde von Schnorr", first published 1840
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